3 Similar Metalcore Riffs

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[@Glintingbeetle]

A7x back in 2003: Wow dude that‘s sick! Guitarists the last 18 years: It‘s free real estate

[@BobRocksGuitar]

Not anymore. That’s Architects that’s getting ripped off now

[@jamrhein2]

First band to do it (to my knowledge) was Avenger in 1985

[@getscared_x3]

@@BobRocksGuitar and i'm so sick of it. Metalcore is sooooo boring nowadays 🙄

[@scottybandicoot6347]

@@getscared_x3 it literally isn’t.

[@5usp3c7]

@@getscared_x3 I don't think you've listened to metalcore made in the past 5 years.

[@Joe.many.liberils]

Ahh yess, i vi v in minor keys

[@adamcollingburn430]

Unholy confessions is still such a banger

[@crisantomacaraeg]

This is the metalcore counterpart to Smoke on the Water, except I don’t know more than one song that starts with 0-3-5.

[@shyank_life8744]

Love those guitars my friend. That Rhoads pro is super sweet! Also that BFMV LTD.. MMMhmmm! \,,/

[@giannisskoufalos8591]

Check crawling through knives by in flames. You get a 4th riff

[@macacolol021]

Sounds like spirit crusher

[@jacobjeffreys4353]

Everyone talking ab a7x or architects or whatever old metalcore band go listen to spirit crusher by death that came out in 1998 before all this metal core that’s the grandfather of the metalcore riff

[@deadbang3r]

Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates is probably the most ripped off album by metalcore bands

[@mpp-killer299]

Yooo whats that guitar youre using, thats the coolest looking guitar i've seen in a while.

[@joshuagriffith9191]

It’s a Jackson Rhoad’s V.

[@kelapamudaksb8968]

cool A7X the legend

[@hatecopter]

Also sounds similar to Electric Eye by Judas Priest

[@TranquilSig]

Hmm guitarist from her last sight 🤔

[@ofekriffsolo]

Yes that is me 🫡

[@TranquilSig]

Love your guys music can't wait to watch you guys be the next bfmv

[@vince7528]

All in downpicking 😮

[@user-flyingbucket]

柔声细语哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

[@jessedalton9544]

Zacky vengeance been feeding the metalcore community for 20 years with that riff

[@DeffoZappo]

Thrice and other metal/punk bands were doing this before a7x

[@BKF0]

@@DeffoZappo Chuck Schudiner was playing 5-7-8 riffs on Death albums lol

[@bob_b9349]

@@BKF0and then 578 before chuck too like avenger which in turn inspired that riff in spirit crusher. Its all connected

[@playdiscgolf1546]

As I lay dying made an entire album with this riff lmao

[@xezmakorewarriah]

their whole discography is basically variations of this riff

[@brandon2784]

​@@xezmakorewarriahnewer stuff a lot less so or at least different intervals albeit same scale/key

[@MetalliCxZero]

​@@xezmakorewarriah their first 2 maybe 3 albums for sure

[@gagearmijo4150]

And its the best metalcore album known to mankind

[@kawaiipotetu4047]

​@@gagearmijo4150what's the album title? I haven't listened to As I Lay Dying and wanna check it out

[@darthvaldez999]

5-7-8 guitar riff is pinnacle of Metal 🤘

[@bedroxzbass4706]

Minor babyyyyy!

[@James.99]

I'm pretty sure the pinnacle of metal is actually 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0. Slayer comes.to mind...

[@pixelbasedlifeforms]

Depends on the tuning, it could be 7-9-10 too :)

[@Mr_Egg04]

Y E A H.

[@FakeTeto]

​@@James.99slayer does this as well lol

[@Nitsu_]

They all sound like variations of the unholy confessions riff I love it

[@jamrhein2]

The unholy confessions riff was itself a variation of an Avenger riff from 1985 which had already been done multiple times before A7X. They just have the most well known example.

[@OceanofPain]

@@jamrhein2 we know it as the SOTS riff

[@Patchichos]

Another similar riff is trespass by the haunted

[@bonzibuddy7076]

Even lamb of God threw in their 2 cents with it

[@spacecadet9557]

​@@jamrhein2which was very similar to a Judas priest riff, Electric Eye

[@janocronismo]

5-7-8, the holy trinity of metalcore riffs.

[@AltrTheEgo]

Bro "the riff" has been a staple since the 80's and I love it

[@gabrielduarte1393]

It looks like "Through Struggle" from As I lay dying too 👀

[@thecrazzxz3383]

Every melodic metalcore riff with the 5, 7, 8, 10 looks like another one

[@ibu_ksj47]

and also "One Good reason Why" from Bullet For My Valentine and "Don't Mess With Ouija Boards" from Falling In Reverse

[@supa_powa7490]

Nah am pretty sure this is knives and pens by black veil brides

[@ronnieanderson784]

Shot in the dark by A DAY TO REMEMBER

[@NickFallsFromTheRoof]

For the soul of the savior by Darkest hour is a song that sounds like this back even before AILD and A7X

[@perro7391]

They all just sound like Spirit Crusher from Death. In fact metalcore riffs were inspired by melodic death metal

[@justanothermando8834]

Basically, especially this bands in the late 90s Avenged Sevenfold pioneered the metalcore sound with Waking the fallen, thus creating the sun genre

[@perro7391]

@@justanothermando8834 False, Avenged Sevenfold didn't invent Metalcore. It was created by Hardcore Bands that experimented a fusion between Beatdown Hardcore, Groove Metal, Heavy Metal and Death Metal. Bands like Earth Crisis, Merauder, Shai Hulud, Strife, Hatebreed and Integrity are early examples. Then during the 2000s Bands like A7X, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Bullet for My Valentine and Parkway Drive pioneered MELODIC Metalcore, that took the Metalcore sound and fused it with the guitar melodies found in Melodic Death Metal, and adding a bit of post-hardcore to the formula

[@therealthev]

this is why i never understood metal elitists that like death but not metalcore/deathcore cos its "not metal". reason why i personally like death is cos its basically just metalcore/deathcore without the cleans and the last time i said that i had bunch of elitists said i was wrong and they're nothing alike

[@brandonduet7771]

​@@perro7391 Metal fans arguing over metal genre and who created this or that ....All I see right now are a bunch of little school girls arguing at the playground "yea" "no" "uh huhh" "nu uhhh"

[@perro7391]

@@brandonduet7771 whatever bruh

[@hukkumkhinda497]

As soon as I hear unholy confessions I knew knives and pens was about to be played

[@cherryfroggo]

First time I ever heard that song I started cracking tf up. Were they trying to rip off that song?

[@VelinSevven]

​@@cherryfroggodoubt it, it's just an easy combination. If you played guitar you'd know

[@BKF0]

@@cherryfroggo there's only so many notes in the minor scale

[@retrocny5625]

5-7-8 7-8-10-12 Nothing else exists on the fretboard.

[@MetalliCxZero]

3-1-0 if you're feeling adventurous and wanna get srs

[@thedarkwinds2022]

Nah the real scale is 0-1-3-5-7-8-12 in CGCFAD or AEADGBE

[@zafahranif4499]

⁠@@thedarkwinds2022i be throwin 10 in there if im feelin silly

[@DoomerDoxy]

7-9-10-11 if you feeling a little exotic

[@Fuck_handles]

Nah mate 7 5 3 1 2..... and of course 3 again.

[@ChristianMartins]

Ok, where are the other 2 riffs?

[@FaintBastard]

yeah thats what i wanna know

[@bloatmax4420]

Not The American Average by Asking and Knives and Pens by BVB

[@joshm3779]

Assuming this was sarcasm, but each drum fill separates transitions to completely different songs by different artists.

[@nicolavelo]

I never realize that asking Alexandria and black veil brides Sounds similar. Thx. Good perf

[@TheBanana93]

Ikr i heard a BVB song the other day and I thought it was AA for a sec 😂

[@AwaitingSordidDetails]

Ilia Topuria fucking shreds, who knew

[@endlessskating904]

A7x made that riff sound the best too

[@emilbegichev3230]

Sound so similar i could barely recognize the difference between the 3 of them

[@oknelas28]

I just knew it was gonna include Unholy Confessions

[@juser-abuser]

Thank God this guy is gay

[@Skithra282]

That Flying V is dope as fuck

[@summondarkness]

its a jackson Randy Rhoads.

[@staatsanwaltschaftemskirch4709]

Sorry you’re not a Winner

[@xtotaldestructionx]

That 5-7-8 riff

[@JankyJack]

Black Veil Brides - Knives and Pens. For those that are wondering.

[@youraveragegamer7399]

Knives and pens BVB riff mixed in 😍

[@CrownVessel]

Not gonna live knives and pens rips 🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@dreno-]

I like knives and pens one the best (im not biased at all I swear 😂)

[@RemixedVoice]

Only 50 year olds say 50 year olds shouldnt play video games lol. The younger generations will be playing video games until they die

[@gunjansingh686]

knives and pen amazing riffs

[@SYN-1981]

写着柔声细语弹着高增益RIFF😂

[@EldritchHorizon]

So... Death were the fathers of death and technical death metal... And the fathers of metalcore... Interesting

[@Luck1_tv]

1: UNHOLY CONFESSIONS. 2: Not The American Average. 3: ?

[@benstubbins]

When people realise that it's always just been Electric Eye by Judas Priest...

[@Self-destruction_Speedrun]

1. Unholy confessions 2. Not the american average (maybe?) 3. Knifes and pens

[@summondarkness]

What's the 3rd riff? apparently is from BVB but what song?

[@EricJohnson-di5pi]

Doesn’t impress me.continue your musical journey brother

[@ttallo8179]

Name of second and third riff? First I know it Avenged Sevenfold - The unholy. maybe😅

[@gabrissG]

This is like burning low - too late for roses

[@BGS_Kards]

Good job but melodic is a simple follow. Explore other other options with other opportunities. I appreciate the the video though in Advance

[@Joshua-pr4mz]

The annoying thing about old school metalcore. The drop c 5-7-8 riffs that all sound similar

[@grassyknoll182]

It sounds great. But the alternate picking is so ugly it hurts. The James Hetfield style is so restricting.

[@iqbaldinata4621]

hey, anybody know the guitar on the left? love the headstock

[@kgot7436]

So you picked a genre that generally sounds the same (miss me with y’all’s bullshit) and act surprised when the riffs are similar.

[@joshuameyers4126]

Frail words Collapse is one of the best metal albums hands down and As I Lay Dying used this entire riff and variations of it for the whole album lol

[@headless0ptomist198]

All of them are the same, aside from lead guitarist and vocalists you literally can't tell one metalcore band from another. Just like most of the "core" genres they all use the same song structure/themes/lyrics, the same cords just in a different order and thr same breakdowns. Metalcore is not bad but it's one of the most boring metal genres behind deathcore in my opinion, deathcore is just metalcore with 7 to 9 string guitars and vocalists that are trying to sound like the offspring of an grizzly bear and a crocodile that has it's nuts in a bear trap.

[@fooooo9489]

Sounds like that black veil brides song.

[@archersomers]

You forgot "Crawling through Knives" by in flames. Very very similar. Suppose you could write a book naming all the 5-7-8 riffs. My favourite to play is "empty inside" by all that remains

[@Guavsslimjim74]

I thought it one or them kinda sounded like blackend

[@weldernest8251]

Es lo que me aburrio del metalcore cuando tocaba guitarra la similitud de los riff de la epoca

[@billmoultos2970]

Asking alexandria, avendged sevenfold and black veil brides .... old stuff

[@ElJefeRules]

If the riff doesn’t have an open strum between every note is it even a metalcore riff?

[@wendigospirit4489]

When you listen to in flames or at the gates once

[@LuisGarcia-ot5jy]

Plagio's to chuck form death

[@jdz15]

Dam that's crazy I never noticed that lol

[@perfectdarklover1]

no one in this comment section knows they both got it from at the gates

[@AssadTheOne]

Bvb wins this one. Tho As I lay dying is still the best.

[@FrokasRl]

burning low by too late for roses

[@standinthor8941]

With knife and pens i will make a latte..!!

[@yuragildebrant]

The last it's the black veil brides?

[@randomd9800]

glad someone else also realised they sound similar.

[@masternb25]

Nice playing but gay shirt

[@Jacob-yl2wl]

Well shit you didn’t even name em

[@PanteraEnjoyer]

All just taken from death lol

[@BotGGanteng]

unholy & the american😍

[@cleitorsrskk627]

Spirit crusher is the same thing

[@FirewallBreacher]

Calling a7x metalcore is a sin

[@dibilo173]

Nice biceps, you look like Hulk😅

[@MrShadowflasher]

"Similar" is very little said.

[@andreaparolini1755]

Suffocating under words of sorrow, aswell

[@eoshsnhs4570]

lmk when u play the next riff

[@greenblackswerl]

It’s cause metal core is trash

[@wretchedsavedbygrace4499]

What ? That is Amazing!

[@vdl3984]

Man, that Bc Rich behind you looks freaking sick!

[@summondarkness]

Matt tuck's signature i'm assuming.

[@Smoakz]

What is second riff?

[@mrcregg0915]

"Breeeeaaaathingggg and graaahhhhhspiiing ALLLL LEEEAADS TOOOO another messy endiiiiing."

[@ЕвгенийОлегович-ф4е]

What are names of sings

[@DR-sr5cn]

what music is the first riff?

[@Rain66621]

A7x AA Bvb?

[@jonaspereira9583]

Black Veil Brides ❤

[@shakolion]

Whats the second song?

[@xsisterwifex]

Shadows Sevenfold

[@fredyquintana93]

Black veil brides

[@Amoon492]

A7 bvb one I don't know

[@carlox9sdmf387]

The last song is 🤔

[@jordyzievinger4528]

Whats this song?*?

[@Metalcovers9349]

Song name please

[@al7ex396]

Attack Attack has entered the chat

[@WileECoyote5oh]

What happens if I can’t check my MySpace when we get there? 🤣🤘🏼

[@George-cz3mr]

How this Song is Called?

[@ofekriffsolo]

Avenged Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average Black Veil Brides - Knives and Pens

[@superahmedelsafty]

Song name please

[@semu8030]

There are two riffs that although aren't metal core, they are similar: in the song Parasite Eve of BMTH after the first chorus most of all you can hear a badass riff, and in 2022 Muse released the song Won't Stand Down and a very similar riff can be heard before and after the choruses